Home yeo!

After all the takeover people were flown out, we spent the next few days flying out the rest of the cargo, finishing up the rest of the cargo work at Summer station, shut down the summer station, and finally left for home two days ago.

Halfway we had to pick up the other Caboose, but this was easier said than done since we almost could not find it in the dark and mist! We decided to rather wait till morning to take down the router antenna and hook the Caboose. Since only one person can comfortably sleep in a Challenger at a time, three of us decided to spend the night in the 8-sleeper in mummy bags. Mine totally sucked bum since the zip didn't close properly, and apart from that, it was so cold inside that the fabric actually felt like it was burning! Seriously the coldest night I have EVER had!! Waking up every couple of hours because your muscles cramp from shivering too much is not fun.. Okay, so maybe I'm a wuss. We survived the night and got the work done early the next morning, ready for the next long stretch.

We arrived at SANAE this morning around 03:00, tired, hungry and stinky. Had some leftovers and then off to bed at like 04:00am. The rest of the day was pretty chilled, got up around 9, did the outstanding data corrections, had something to eat, then back to bed.

The base feels seriously weird with only ten people here!!